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The Mentor Method bought by The Cru - Link

- Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
 
 
"Janice Omadeke set out to build a company that improves employee engagement, workplace relationships and helps companies attract and retain talented and diverse people.

And since she brought her startup, The Mentor Method, to Austin a few years back, she has both scaled her early-stage company and become a tech and civic leader who has taken stages at many of Austin's marquee innovation events to discuss building inclusive teams and helping founders of color get better access to venture funding.

Now she's poised to start a new chapter, announcing Sept. 21 that The Mentor Method is being acquired by a New York company run by one of her heroes: Tiffany Dufu, founder and CEO of women's training organization The Cru.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but in an interview Omadeke was joyous." - Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom

IBM Acquires Dallas’ Dialexa to Tap Its Product Engineering Expertise - Link

- Dallas Innovates
  • IBM Acquires Dallas-based Tech Company Dialexa - Link
    - D Magazine
  • IBM acquires Dallas-based Dialexa to power product engineering consulting business - Link
    - Dallas Business Journal
 
 
"IBM announced today that it’s acquiring Dialexa, the digital product engineering services firm based in downtown Dallas’ East Quarter. By bringing Dialexa into the fold at IBM Consulting, the global tech leader aims “to deepen its product engineering expertise and provide end-to-end digital transformation services for clients.” Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed." - Dallas Innovates' David Seeley


Fed Supernova, presented by IBM, connects entrepreneurs, government, and industry together to collaborate on dual-use solutions that put commercial technology in the hands of the DoD. This 3-day event accelerates defense innovation by creating a unique, once-a-year opportunity for the entire ecosystem to converge with a shared mission in the hottest innovation hub in the country.

Join industry and DoD leaders as they discuss the challenges and considerations when applying new tech to government programs. 

Startup Crawl | Tuesday September 27 7pm - 9pm
Fed Supernova | Wednesday - Thursday September 28th - 29th 9am - 5pm
Capital Factory - Austin
701 Brazos St. Austin, TX 78701
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BigIdeasATX Shines a Light on Some of the Best and Brightest in the Austin Startup Ecosystem

Silicon Hills News Presents: BigIdeasATX
Thursday, September 29th 5:30PM CDT
OJO Labs
1007 S Congress Ave Suite 900 Austin, TX 78704
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The Consumer VC Summit
Save the Date: October 13th 

 


The Consumer VC Summit is the sixth in an ongoing series of events connecting consumer packaged goods investors with emerging brands to learn more about the CPG landscape from the venture capital perspective. It will be a mix of panels, live podcast recordings, and networking events taking place on October 13th in Austin Texas (in between the Austin City Limits music festival weekends).

The Consumer VC Summit Austin

For event invitation and limited sponsorship opportunities please contact Marc Nathan marc+consumervc@tsquaredagency.com

San Antonio Startup Week
October 16-22, 2022
 

 


San Antonio's celebration of startups and their entrepreneurial journey.

San Antonio Startup Week
October 16-22, 2022
https://sasw.co/

Austin Venture Fest
October 3rd – 14th
 

 


Austin Venture Fest
October 3rd – 14th
https://www.austinventurefest.com/

  • How Resilient is Austin to an Economic Downturn with Roland Pena, SVP of Global Technology and Innovation from the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce - Link
    - Austin Next Podcast
     
  • Ep #8 | NexStride | Sidney Collin - Why We Strive Podcast - Link
    - WeStrive Podcast
     
  • Ecommerce startup Sway Home is in Techstars' current accelerator with a $120k investment - Link
    - Technical.ly
     
  • Apptronik is Working With NASA to Create Humanoid Robots - Link
  • 15 VC-Backed Female Founded Companies to Watch in Austin - Link
  • BigIdeasATX Speaker Series Shines a Spotlight on Austin’s Best and Brightest Startups - Link
  • Move America Returns to Austin to Focus on Tech Mobility and Startups - Link
    - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
     
  • Striveworks and Cipher Skin Partner to Provide Deeper Analytics for Physical Therapy Patients - Link
  • A Brand New Ad-Venture - Link
  • The Changing Austin Venture Scene with CS Freeland, Executive Director of the Austin Venture… - Link
    - Austin Startups
     
  • Creative spaces, affordable homes possible for two city-owned East Austin sites - Link
  • Austin OKs an automated license plate reader program - Link
    - The Austin Monitor
     
  • CannaBus tour sets out to educate Texans on medical marijuana - Link
  • Local green power project opposed by groups claiming it's environmentally unfriendly - Link
  • Friend or Frankenstein? North Austin lab holds prototype humanoid robot, with more to follow. - Link
  • Rivian service center opens in North Austin - Link
    - Austonia
     
  • Favor's Hackathon Is About the People as Much as the Products - Link
  • At CrowdStreet, Values in Action Propel Responsible and Sustainable Growth - Link
  • Fetch.AI is Scaling Rapidly. So Is Its User Experience. - Link
  • AlertMedia Opens New HQ at the Top of Austin's New RiverSouth Building - Link
  • Ceresa Aims to Bump Underrepresented Workers Into the C-Suite - Link
  • Phantom Neuro's $6M Raise, Shipwell's New Partnership, and More Austin Tech News - Link
  • This Is How You Build a Successful ERG - Link
    - Built in Austin
     
  • CA sues Amazon claiming it drives up prices by limiting sellers - Link
  • This AI Chat bot is perfect for your site, no setup or training required - Link
  • Adobe acquires UX program, Figma, and creatives are concerned - Link
  • Patagonia founder donates $3B company for climate change - Link
  • Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) now to be regulated like credit cards - Link
  • TikTok, Instagram take on rival app, BeReal, with new features - Link
  • South Korea fines Google & Meta $72m for violating privacy laws - Link
  • AI isn’t ready to make unsupervised decisions, and it may never be - Link
  • WorkStats pulls data from your team’s tools to measure productivity - Link
  • People are NOT over remote work, just ask the workers themselves - Link
  • Federal court upholds controversial social media law in Texas - Link
  • 97% of execs think we’re near recession, some economists agree - Link
  • Zoom preps email and calendar tools to fend off Microsoft, Google - Link
  • 6 ways to improve your video’s chances of going viral, using sound! - Link
    - The American Genius
     
  • UT Austin Enrolls Largest-Ever Student Body, Sets All-Time Highs for Graduation Rates - Link
  • Hartzell Highlights UT’s Commitment to Invest in People, Unveils New Projects in State of the University - Link
  • Women in the C-Suite Strengthen Customer Focus, Financials - Link
    - University of Texas
     
  • Yeti CFO is resigning after championing an era of growth - Link
  • Startup that rents out museum-quality art preps for full launch - Link
  • University of Texas at Austin sees record enrollment - Link
  • ORBIE Central Texas keynote Jedidiah Yueh: Make the time to become product leaders - Link
  • ORBIE Leadership Award: Robert Strickland on the power of technology to connect people - Link
  • Technology leaders are the X-Factor - Link
  • Notley launches program to help nonprofits earn money with idle capital - Link
  • 3 Austin taco spots earn acclaim from Yelp users - Link
  • Report: Return of SXSW to downtown Austin brought hundreds of millions of dollars — but 21% less than pre-pandemic - Link
  • MoboTrex begins production in Pflugerville after move from Austin - Link
  • Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp: State's next boom will be built on human resources - Link
  • Centene reaches $166M settlement with Texas over pharmacy benefit practices - Link
  • 2 key economic positions filled at Austin City Hall - Link
  • Buda wants to incentivize existing businesses - Link
  • AlertMedia moves into HQ with airy design, skyline views - Link
  • Black's Barbecue repays $230K in withheld tips - Link
  • Canje named one of America's 50 best restaurants by New York Times - Link
  • Vista Equity makes $4.2B offer for Florida cybersecurity software maker KnowBe4 - Link
  • Frozen treats manufacturing project in Lockhart officially a go after receiving state 'deal-closing' grant - Link
  • Funding wrap: Kizen, Phantom Neuro raise fresh cash - Link
    - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
     
  • Analytics company, 4M aims to map the Texas subsurface - Link
  • Study: SXSW had $280M economic impact on Austin in 2022 - Link
  • American Airlines to begin direct flights between Austin and Memphis - Link
  • How Austin startup Pet Honesty has grown into a national brand - Link
    - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO
  • VelocityTX to Build Lab Spaces for Biomedical Startups - Link
    - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
     
  • CPS Energy to add 180 megawatts of solar power to portfolio from West Texas facility - Link
  • Airport monitors noise levels as it plans for expansion and new air traffic technology - Link
  • Southwest Research Institute celebrates 75 years of scientific inquiry, advancement - Link
    - San Antonio Report
     
  • CO2 shortage squeezes U.S. craft beer industry already struggling with supply issues - Link
  • Time's running out for bars and venues to weigh in on San Antonio's noise ordinance rewrite - Link
  • Nearly 80% of San Antonio business owners feeling adverse effects of inflation, study says - Link
    - San Antonio Current
     
  • VelocityTX campus adding Co-Labs to boost biotech research - Link
  • Cushman & Wakefield appoint San Antonio point-person to spearhead transactions in booming market - Link
  • San Antonio looks to leverage Seguin's big win into more semiconductor jobs - Link
  • SA looks to go green with expanding solar infrastructure - Link
  • Toyota ready to cash in on nearly $400M SA expansion - Link
  • Boykin stepping down as Business Journal editor - Link
  • With new law school and research center, Texas A&M is engineering Fort Worth for the next century - Link
  • How local universities compare in cost in UT and A&M systems - Link
  • San Antonio XFL team to have strong NFL presence - Link
  • 5 reasons why Texas is the top state for business - Link
    - San Antonio Business Journal
  • #14: Created her second software company around her world-traveling life – Melissa Kwan of eWebinar - Link
    - Practical Founders Podcast's Greg Head
     
  • Plano Short-Term Rental Used as Brothel, Arrests Made: Dallas Police - Link
    - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
     
  • Episode 72: Cameron Fowler - Link
    - Fort Worth Innovate Podcast
     
  • Richard Connor: Can you say ‘conflict,’ David Cooke? The bigger problem, of course, is Sundance Square - Link
  • Perryman: The Great Resignation of the workforce is really the Great Reshuffling - Link
  • Perryman: Toll of declining life expectancy is incalculable - Link
    - Fort Worth Business News
     
  • The Last Word: IDP’s Brandon Buschold on Why Workforce Trade Programs Are Vital - Link
  • DI People: Wingstop, JLL, EWF International, Starla Wines, and More Make Leadership Moves - Link
  • The Last Word: Sentiero Ventures’ David Evans On the Beauty of Typewriters and Floppy Disks - Link
  • HeartSciences Pumps Life into Assessing Diastolic Dysfunction with New AI Patent - Link
  • Dallas Nonprofit Salood Uses Brand Partnerships to Support the Pediatric Cancer Community - Link
  • IBM Acquires Dallas’ Dialexa to Tap Its Product Engineering Expertise - Link
  • The Shadow CEO: A Founder’s Guide to Calculating Share Price - Link
  • Comerica Assembles South Dallas Business Banking Team - Link
  • The Last Word: Mansfield EDC’s Jason Moore on an Incubator Space in Hoque Global’s $50M Development - Link
  • Dallas Financial Services Firm Beneficient Company Group to Go Public in $3.5B SPAC Deal - Link
  • Innovan Neighborhoods Launches Community Developers Roundtable to Fuel ‘Catalytic Real Estate Development’ - Link
  • Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers Gets Nearly $10M in Federal Grants for Hotel EV Charging Expansion - Link
  • Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of September 6 - Link
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials Firm Adaptive3D Relocates Local HQ to Richardson’s Innovation Quarter - Link
  • Dallas Route Optimization Startup Routora Aims to Help You Save Time, Money on the Road - Link
  • HiFAB Plant in Grand Prairie Will Create Modular Homes by Lake/Flato Architects - Link
  • The Last Word: Siemens’ Cedrik Neike on Sustainability in Motorsports - Link
  • How 3 Nonprofit Leaders Are Closing Equity Gaps in Southern Dallas - Link
  • The Last Word: Common Desk’s Nick Clark on Why Introverts Need to Be in the Office, and More - Link
  • Integrated Defense Products Relocates Its HQ from California to Rockwall - Link
  • Local Accelerator and Investment Platform MLTPLY Launches Insurance Tech Startup Proxima - Link
  • Acute Care at Home: Texas Health Resources Addresses a Growing Need - Link
  • Follow the Money: Cerebro Sports Lands Mark Cuban Backing, Ryan Snags Tax Products from Thomson Reuters, and More - Link
    - Dallas Innovates
     
  • DFW Healthcare Brief: C-Suite Addition for One of the State’s Fastest-Growing Healthcare Companies and UnitedHealthcare’s North Texas Grants - Link
  • A Series of Unconnected Thoughts About This H-E-B Story Treatment - Link
  • Scenes from the Big D Reads Launch Party for The Accommodation - Link
  • DFW Is Home to the Fourth Fastest Growing Private Healthcare Company in the Country - Link
    - D Magazine
     
  • Richardson ranked among top cities for the esports software industry - Link
  • DMN: Utah-based drink chain Swig opens new location in McKinney - Link
  • Firehawk Aerospace is considering a headquarters relocation from Dallas to Addison - Link
  • C-suite quarterly: Private company strategies - Link
  • These North Texas restaurants made The New York Times list of 50 best in America - Link
  • No rest in UDF saga as its executives (some imprisoned) named in a new lawsuit - Link
  • Meow Wolf hires former Disney, Universal project lead to oversee exhibition planning - Link
  • Report: Return of SXSW to downtown Austin brought hundreds of millions of dollars — but 21% less than pre-pandemic - Link
  • Dallas leadership development company EWF International appoints new CEO and COO - Link
  • IBM acquires Dallas-based Dialexa to power product engineering consulting business - Link
  • Utah technology firm Westwood acquires Lewisville service provider Prototype:IT - Link
  • Here's everything you need to know about H-E-B Frisco, which opens today - Link
  • Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's burger chain is launching in North Texas - Link
  • JCPenney to roll out dedicated beauty product shops nationwide - Link
  • Centene Corp. reaches $165.6M settlement with Texas over pharmacy benefit practices - Link
  • Dallas-based Cerebro Sports expands operations with Mark Cuban investment - Link
  • Dallas investment firm MLTPLY launches new insurtech company Proxima - Link
  • North Texas-based Dillas Quesadilla hires first VP of marketing - Link
  • Plano's Beckett Collectibles acquires Houston technology firm - Link
  • Plano's Starfish Partners acquires Ohio-based firm Direct Recruiters Inc. - Link
  • Specialty manufacturer is relocating its headquarters from California to Rockwall - Link
  • McKesson to acquire Kansas-based prescription drug cost firm Rx Savings Solutions - Link
  • Commercial Metals Company has acquired California-based firm as part of expansion strategy - Link
  • Addison food chain Wingstop Inc. has appointed new senior VP of US development - Link
  • Here are the best 101 companies to work for in North Texas - Link
    - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno
 
  • Meet Ted Dimitry | Insurance and Risk Management Specialist, Marine & Energy Practice Leader, Higginbotham - Link
    – SHOUTOUT HTX
     
  • Texas Coworking Operator Continues Its Houston Expansion - Link
     
  • Stronger Houston: Prison entrepreneurship program expands with new space in Houston - Link
    - KPRC
     
  • Houston startup snags prestigious grant from global health leader - Link
  • New program launches in Houston to educate health care leaders - Link
  • 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
  • Houston expert: 3 emotional intelligence tips for improving patient-practitioner experience - Link
  • Texas A&M receives $10M to create cybersecurity research program - Link
  • Ion names latest partner, Houston startup raises more funding, and more local innovation news - Link
  • Houston-based space tech company to go public via SPAC merger - Link
  • Houston innovation leader shares how key collaboration is to the city's startup scene - Link
  • TMC unveils details of new bioport, Helix Park at annual Greater Houston Partnership event - Link
  • Expert: How recent inflation legislation could affect Texas energy startups, investors - Link
  • National nonprofit launches Houston innovation lab for kids - Link
  • Houston saddled with 10th highest inflation rate in U.S., says new study - Link
  • Houston-based clean energy tech company reaches commercialization with latest partnership - Link
  • Woman in tech accelerator launches first Houston cohort - Link
  • 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
    - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
     
  • How Scott Deans Turned FAILURE Into INNOVATION #Shorts - Link
  • Scott Deans Talks On-Field AI and Getting His Land Legs | Pok-A-Talk Ep. 23 - Link
    - Pok-a- Talk Podcast
     
  • Houston Diamond Girl Has Gotten Some Weird DMs... #Shorts - Link
  • How To Enjoy A Martini When You're Pregnant #Shorts - Link
  • Buck Shows Off His Fake Jewelry Expertise #Shorts - Link
  • Houston Diamond Girl Spots Fake Jewelry Over Mocktinis | Under The Influencer - Link
    - Under The Influencer Podcast
     
  • Sixth annual energy summit to examine security, transition - Link
  • Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum selects most promising new companies - Link
  • Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria - Link
  • Rice Business and MD Anderson launch healthcare leadership program - Link
  • Wehmeyer team receives $1.5 million NSF grant - Link
    - Rice University
     
  • Alumni Association aims to increase engagement, provide scholarships - Link
    - University of Houston
     
  • Houston Exponential, Fort Bend Economic Development Council launch innovation council - Link
  • Behind the deal: President shares how Houston Baptist University became Houston Christian University - Link
  • Nitya Capital to expand into Middle East with United Arab Emirates office - Link
  • Kinder Foundation gives $50M grant to Rice University’s Kinder Institute - Link
  • Former Occidental Petroleum, Magnolia Oil & Gas CEO Stephen Chazen dies - Link
  • Voyager Space, Hilton partner on space station design - Link
  • HBJ reveals 2022 Fast 100 rankings of Houston's fastest-growing cos. - Link
  • Meet Houston's fastest-growing company: IllumiPure is No. 1 on 2022 Fast 100 List - Link
  • HBJ reveals Fast 100: Meet Houston's top 5 fastest-growing private businesses for 2022 - Link
  • HBJ reveals Fast 100: Meet Houston's top 6-10 fastest-growing private businesses for 2022 - Link
  • Meet 7 of HBJ's 2022 Innovation Awards winners: Stephanie Anderson, Allie Danziger, John Holcomb, Matt Miller, Shaun Noorian and Nancy Parsons - Link
  • Meet 7 of HBJ's 2022 Innovation Awards winners: Abbey Donnell, Eric Elfman, Linhua Guan, Alessio Lorusso, Peter Roshan, Karen Sinclair and Tom Vo - Link
  • Skin care company Obagi Cosmeceuticals moving headquarters from California to The Woodlands - Link
  • 8th Wonder Brewery to launch cannabis brand, dispensary with Bayou City Hemp Co. - Link
  • Houston Baptist University changes name to Houston Christian University, announces growth goals - Link
  • Life sciences properties in high demand — and Houston is taking note - Link
  • Texas Medical Center CEO announces massive TMC BioPort campus, other changes - Link
  • Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp: Texas' next boom will be built on 'human resources' - Link
  • DivInc Houston launches Women in Tech accelerator, names first cohort - Link
  • Applied Optoelectronics to sell manufacturing facilities in China in $150M deal - Link
    - Houston Business Journal
  • Austin City Startup - MediaTech Ventures - Link
  • Opening Floodgates 290 Billion Venture Capital Reserve - Jon-Sakoda - Link
  • How Mining Automation Is Transforming the Industry - Kirk Coburn - Link
  • The E-Commerce Customer Experience is Ripe for an Upgrade - Link
  • LatinxVC Appoints New Executive Director to Support the Latinx Venture Capital Ecosystem - Link
  • The Best Managers Are Leaders — and Vice Versa - Link
  • MOMumental... It's Time to Call the Mom Line: Welcome to MOMumental! on Apple Podcasts - Link
  • Former Amazon Care employees raise $5M for Latino-focused telehealth company - Link
  • With 1 Sentence, Mark Cuban Just Provided the Perfect Definition of Capitalism - Inc.com - Link
  • The Once and Future King: VC as an Asset Class in 2022 and Beyond - - 8VC - Link
  • How to Avoid Vulture Capitalists; Guide to Priced Round Terms - TWO12 - Link
  • VC funds wrestle with tech startup valuations – Axios - Link
  • eBay Awards $500000 to 2022 Class of Up & Running Grant Recipients - Link
  • John Deere harvests startup innovation at GroundBreakers event - Link
  • Meet the VCs who are dominating health tech - Link
  • Will this VC build an index for early-stage startups? - Link
  • T-Mobile Grants Another $1 Million to Champion Small Towns - Link
  • What are the benefits of University Business Plan competitions? - Link
  • What is the Right Fill Order for a Lean Canvas? - Link
Austin Venture Week
October 4th-6th, 2022
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Project Medtech's Startup Symposium - Houston
Thursday, October 6th 8:30 AM – Oct 07, 4:30 PM
TMC 2450 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, TX 77021
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MassChallenge Austin - Community Coffee Hour
Thursday October 27th 8:30am
Codependent Coffee
301 West Ave STE 110, Austin, TX 78701 Austin, TX 78701
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Houston Innovation Awards Gala
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
The Ion
4201 Main Street Houston, TX 77002
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CodeLaunch DFW
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Gilley's Dallas
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